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Recent Examples of bottomland
Bachman's warbler was first seen in Arkansas in May 1896, in the St. Francis River bottomland of Greene County.
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arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
Twisting through the bottomland was a sparkling stream that emptied into Indiana’s largest reservoir, Lake Monroe.
—Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
Congaree National Park South Carolina Congaree National Park in South Carolina is best known for its large collection of old-growth, bottomland hardwood trees.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
Most worked on farms — including harvesting potatoes on about 2,000 acres of Missouri River bottomland.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
Twisting through the bottomland was a sparkling stream that emptied into Indiana’s largest reservoir, Lake Monroe.
—Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
Congaree National Park South Carolina Congaree National Park in South Carolina is best known for its large collection of old-growth, bottomland hardwood trees.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
Most worked on farms — including harvesting potatoes on about 2,000 acres of Missouri River bottomland.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottomland
Noun
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Fanaloka are a small, nocturnal species which are native to the lowland and rainforest areas of Madagascar.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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Dune and swale systems are globally rare; this topographic variation — upland in the dunes, lowland in the swales — combines with the region’s unique confluence of biomes — particularly oak savanna, prairie and wetlands — to pack a lot of biodiversity into the preserve’s 42 acres.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, or Roadless Rule, prohibits the new construction of roads and timber harvesting on nearly 45 million acres of national forests and grasslands.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Their preferred habitats likely included open grasslands, forest edges and floodplains.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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On the Cougars’ second possession, Weigman broke one tackle and found nothing but Texas prairie in front of him for a 49-yard gain.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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Adding a 2,800-square-foot prairie meadow along the eastern border of the dog park to provide natural habitat for birds and pollinators, and offer noise buffering.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images An insurgency was launched by Boko Haram in 2009 to establish a caliphate in Nigeria and the broader Sahel (the semi-arid transitional zone between the Sahara and savannas), with several other terrorist groups also active in the region.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Most travelers associate the Great Migration with East Africa’s Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in Tanzania and Kenya, where millions of blue wildebeest—African antelopes also called gnus—thunder across the savanna each year.—
Mazuba Kapambwe,
AFAR Media,
10 Sep. 2025
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This feminine moment inspired us for the shoes as well; working with silk satin in powdery boudoir shades, some embroidered with delicate embroidery that features little lingerie roses and satin bows, finished with soft suede soles, that come both in comfortable kitten heels and flats.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Pair it with flats for a day at the office, or layer it over tights and boots when temperatures really drop this season.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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To date, his concert experience, MindTravel, has performed in over 100 cities around the world—from the deserts of the Middle East to the arctic tundra of Antarctica (the first piano concert of its kind on the continent).—
Anna Haines,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Operators such as Frontiers North Adventures will take you on a tundra buggy tour to glimpse the Arctic’s most majestic predators.—
Gaby Keiderling,
Robb Report,
4 Sep. 2025
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The study, conducted by Keith Sockman, associate professor of biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, examined flying insect abundance over 15 seasons from 2004 to 2024 in a high-altitude meadow in Colorado.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tucked into the whispering meadows of the Netherlands, Hof van Saksen is a majestic eco-resort—a former noble estate reborn as a family-first urban oasis spanning over 160 lush acres.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Bottomland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottomland. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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